Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and double one's duties

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Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed

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I've never known any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage

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Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other

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Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes

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We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people

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Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability

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Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity

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Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right

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Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune

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In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head

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The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable

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Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head

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Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people

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Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame

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Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal

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